[2015] Feature piece for 'Scientific American' magazine (October), 'Stars of the dead', written with Sarah Symons on her research on ancient Egyptian star tables.

[2014] 2nd prize in the 'Chemistry World' (UK Royal Society of Chemistry's publication) science communication competition: 'Tunnelling through barriers to explain the impossible'. 800 word article published in their magazine that introduced the work of Professor Naoki Watanabe (Hokkaido University) in exploring how molecules form in the frozen depths of star forming clouds. (Brief description of the competition here.)

[2010] Newsletter and lecture summary written for the McMaster Origins Institute. I also kept a blog for McMaster University's Department of Physics and Astronomy that covered a number of science seminars.s

Creative Nonfiction

[2013] First prize in category for the "Global Voices from Japan" column contest. The theme was 'the position of women in society' and my article discussed the struggle with increasing numbers of female academics in Japanese universities. Article: "Girls, be Ambitious".

[2013] Guest blogger for GaijinPot: a website for foreigners living in Japan (multiple articles, please click on link for list).